It does bear some similarities with the novel The Howling III: Echoes in both the freak show aspect and its sympathetic view of the werewolf, something otherwise only seen in the film series during Marsupials.
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As with most of The Howling films, it is only very loosely based on the novels by Gary Brandner and not a direct adaptation of any of them.
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